This is a hilariously fun Hammer flick. It's got great storytelling as well as great dancing. The shame about the dancing is that it is absurdly easy to see that the dancing isn't done by the beautiful Mr. Christopher Lee. This is one of the many reasons Hammer films never are great. The particular version of cost-cutting that they tend to choose are detrimental. Nonetheless there is much to enjoy in this Hammer flick. Mr. Lee plays the titular bad-guy with relish. Rasputin follows his nose until he reaches great heights, bedding all the women he can and leaving them in his wake. It's the story of the best bad-guy in history, the religious fanatic who had his own khlyst cult, which was even more perverse than the true khlysts. Besides his over indulgences in sex he also adores liquor. Once he cures the tsarevich of an attack of hemophilia the tsarina takes him under her wing. It's goofy, sloppy fun.
Review of Rasputin: The Mad Monk
